homicide

Tormented by her guilt and classmate's taunts since she accidentally set a lethal fire as a child, Cassidy is implicated in her worst bully's murder and must find the killer before someone else dies.

"The bones of seven young girls, picked clean and carefully preserved, discovered years ago... that's all Sergeant Ryan DeMarco knows about the unsolved crime he has unwittingly been roped into investigating during what is supposed to be a healing road trip with his new love, Jayme"--Provided by publisher.

"When will the world end? With massive comet Foxworth hurtling toward Earth, humanity now knows the exact date. Simon wants to spend his last weeks with the people he cares about most, especially his ex-girlfriend, Tilda, who dumped him shortly after the news broke. Since Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer she's retreated into herself, preparing for the inevitable. Suddenly facing down a death that makes her the same as everyone else, she longs to connect again, but doesn't know where to start. Reaching out to her former best friend seems like a good first step. Then Tilda's found dead and accusations start circling that Simon is the killer. With the days slipping away, Simon and Lucinda race to find answers, but the truth is they may never have known Tilda at all"--Provided by publisher.

"In upstate New York, Stephanie and Patrick are adjusting to life with their colicky twin babies . . . When a woman [named Erica] from Patrick's past drops in on them unexpectedly, raising questions about his late first wife, Stephanie supports her husband wholeheartedly. She knows the car accident all those many years ago was just that--an accident. But Erica is persistent, and now she's threatening to go to the police. Patrick is afraid his job--and his reputation--will be at risk if he doesn't put an end to Erica's questioning immediately. And when the police start digging, Stephanie's trust in her husband begins to falter and Patrick is primed to lose everything he loves. As their marriage crumbles, Stephanie feels herself coming unglued, and soon she isn't sure what--or who--to believe"--Provided by publisher.

Recounts the story of the murder of seven people in Los Angeles in 1969 and the trial and conviction of the Manson "family" for the murders.

Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon, the victim of a sexual assault and murder, looks on from the afterlife as her family deals with their grief, and waits for her killer to be brought to some type of justice.

Seventeen-year-old Aidan finds himself alone in a fancy NYC hotel and, being young and red-blooded, he tries to hook up with someone new only to end up in a room with a corpse and a mysterious flash drive. Aidan is mistaken for the perpetrator and must go on the run from everyone--the authorities, his family, his friends, and the people now out to kill him.

"Teenager Olivia Danvers knows that the previous residents at 16 Olcott Place moved out in the middle of the night, but nobody really knows why; the new family, the Donahues, have three children including a daughter, Janie, Olivia's age, and the two become close friends--but when the threatening letters start arriving from the 'Sentry of Glennon Heights' the two girls realize that the house and town are hiding sinister secrets, which could tear their whole world apart"--Provided by publisher.

High school juniors Quentin and JD engage in a robbery that turns deadly, and one of them is left to take the blame.

Reverend Stephen Drew is shattered when Alice Hayward is murdered by her husband just hours after being baptized and finds his faith in God slipping away, until he meets Heather Laurent, whose work studying angels helps Drew renew his spirituality in the face of a police investigation that suggests he may have been connected to Alice's death.